Nearby Theaters

The Simons IMAX Theatre at the New England Aquarium was opened on December 6, 2001 as Boston’s first IMAX 3D theatre.

Designed by E. Verner Johnson and Associates, a Boston-based firm, the theater boasts a screen which is 65' tall by 85' wide, making it the largest in New England.

The theater features natural history IMAX films (2D and 3D) which enhance the New England Aquarium’s mandate during aquarium operating hours, and the best of Hollywood with IMAX DMR (2D and 3D) films in the evening. Thus the theater embraces the best attributes of an institutional theater by day, and a stand-alone commercial theater by night. Revenues from all theater operations are used to support the Aquarium’s mission to Present, Promote and Protect the World of Water.